Adgur Kharazia
{{Short description|Abkhazian politician}}
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| name=Adgur Kharaziya
| native_name = {{nobold|Адгəыр Ҳаразиа
{{lang|ka|ადგურ ხარაზია}}}}
| image=Adgur Kharaziya.jpg
| order=Mayor of Sukhumi
| term_start=22 October 2014
| term_end=21 October 2019
| president=Raul Khajimba
| predecessor=Alias Labakhua
| successor=Kan Kvarchia
| term_start1=5 November 2004
| term_end1=16 February 2005
| president1=Vladislav Ardzinba
| predecessor1=Leonid Lolua
| successor1=Astamur Adleiba
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Adgur Rafet-ipa Kharaziya ({{langx|ab|Адгəыр Рафеҭ-иԥа Ҳаразиа}}; {{lang-ka|ადგურ ხარაზია}}) is an Abkhazian politician who served as the mayor of Sukhumi from 2014 to 2019.{{Cite web |date=21 October 2019 |title=Адгур Харазия: я много ночей не спал, думая о проблемах граждан |url=https://apsadgil.info/news/politics/adgur-kharaziya-ya-mnogo-nochey-ne-spal-dumaya-o-problemakh-grazhdan/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=apsadgil.info}} He was also the Minister of Agriculture of Abkhazia and the Vice Speaker of the People's Assembly.
In 2024, Kharazia, having been elected as an MP in 2022, opened fire in the parliament building, killing one MP, Vakhtang Golandzia and wounding another one.
Acting mayor of Sukhumi (first time)
Adgur Kharaziya was head of the Gulripshi District assembly before he was appointed acting mayor of Sukhumi by president Vladislav Ardzinba on 5 November 2004, in the heated aftermath of the 2004 presidential election, succeeding Leonid Lolua. During his first speech he called upon the two leading candidates, Sergei Bagapsh and Raul Khadjimba, to both withdraw.{{cite news|url=http://www.hri.org/cgi-bin/brief?/news/balkans/rferl/2004/04-11-10.rferl.html#21|title=MAYOR SUGGESTS ABKHAZ PRESIDENTIAL RIVALS SHOULD WITHDRAW|publisher=RFE/RL|date=10 November 2004|accessdate=1 July 2008}}
On 16 February 2005, newly elected President Bagapsh replaced Kharaziya with Astamur Adleiba as mayor of Sukhumi.
Member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia
In the 2007 parliamentary elections Adgur Kharaziya successfully stood as candidate in the Dranda precinct No. 24, winning a majority in the first round. He formed part of the opposition.{{cite news|url=http://nregion.com/txt.php?i=11457|title=В Абхазии возросло влияние турецкого лобби|publisher=Новый Регион|date=1 April 2007|accessdate=1 July 2008}} During the assembly's first meeting after the election Kharaziya was nominated for the position of speaker by fellow MP Rita Lolua but lost to Nugzar Ashuba.{{cite news|url=http://www.apsnypress.info/news2007/april/3.htm |title=Нугзар Ашуба вновь избран спикером парламента. |publisher=Апсныпресс |date=3 April 2007 |accessdate=1 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029165200/http://www.apsnypress.info/news2007/april/3.htm |archivedate=29 October 2007 }}
On 27 July 2007, Kharaziya took part in a round table on free speech organised by journalists that called upon the government to end what it called the pursuit of independent and opposition media.{{cite news|url=http://www.humanrights.ge/index.php?a=news&id=3713&lang=en|title=Abkhazian Journalists Call Upon De Facto Government to Stop Pursuing Media|publisher=humanrights.ge|date=10 August 2007|accessdate=1 July 2008}}
Mayor of Sukhumi (second time)
Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba, Kharaziya was again appointed acting mayor of Sukhumi on 22 October 2014.{{cite news|title=Адгур Харазия назначен исполняющим обязанности главы администрации г. Сухум|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/13326.html|accessdate=22 October 2014|agency=Apsnypress|date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022232815/http://apsnypress.info/news/13326.html|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=dead}} On 4 April 2015, he won the by-election to the city council in constituency no. 3 unopposed,{{cite web|title=Итоги выборов |url=http://alhra.org/index.php/30-sostoyanie-vybornogo-protsessa-na-12-00-04-04-2015g |website=alhra.org |publisher=Избирательная комиссия по выборам в органы местного самоуправления г.Сухум |accessdate=19 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208112518/http://alhra.org/index.php/30-sostoyanie-vybornogo-protsessa-na-12-00-04-04-2015g |archivedate=8 December 2015 }} and was confirmed as mayor on 4 May.{{cite web|last1=Khajimba|first1=Raul|authorlink=Raul Khajimba|title=УКАЗ О главе администрации города Сухум|url=http://presidentofabkhazia.org/upload/iblock/ab8/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%20%D0%9E%20%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%20%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8%20%D0%B3.%20%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC.pdf|website=presidentofabkhazia.org|accessdate=19 September 2015}}
2024 shooting
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On 19 December 2024, fellow lawmaker Vakhtang Golandzia was killed and another one, Kan Kvarchia, was injured in a shooting inside the Abhkaz parliament building. Kharazia was identified as the suspect in the shooting.{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/19/lawmaker-shot-dead-in-parliament-in-breakaway-georgian-region-of-abkhazia|title=Lawmaker shot dead in parliament in breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia|publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network|date=19 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024}}
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